Remember: A copy-cat app has odd tells and asks for too much. Allow nothing and ask a grown-up to check.
Hana and the coloring app
Read the story first. Then answer.
Two blue brushesHana's teacher showed the class a coloring app, and Hana wanted it. That evening she searched the app store and found two apps with almost the same blue brush icon. She picked the tilted one. Its name had strange letters and a row of numbers, it promised free coins, and nobody had given it a single star. Then a box asked for her camera, microphone and contacts. Hana stopped. A brush paints, she thought, so it does not need to hear me. She carried the tablet to Uncle Femi. "Good eye," he said. "It asks for too much." The school note named the real app. It had a plain name, thousands of stars, and it asked only to save her pictures. Uncle Femi said yes, and Hana pressed get with him beside her.
1
Which app did Hana pick first?
↪️The tilted icon⬆️The straight icon🗒️The one the school note named
2
Does a coloring app need your microphone?
YesNo
3
Circle the tells in the copy app. (circle every one)
🪞An icon almost like the real one🪙A loud promise of free coins🏷️A plain, clear name💾Asking to save my pictures
4
Is a flashlight app that asks for contacts and a microphone showing a tell?
YesNo
Tells and asks
5
Join each app to the ask that fits it.
1🎨 a coloring app
2📸 a camera app
3🧭 a map app
Ausing the camera
Bknowing where I am
Csaving my pictures
6
Who decides what an app may use?
📱The app🧒A friend at school👪A grown-up at home
7
Number what Hana and Uncle Femi did.
Uncle Femi finds the app the school note named
Hana presses get with him beside her
They check the name, the stars and the maker
Hana stops and asks Uncle Femi
8
A flashlight only needs to .
callshinelisten
9
Fix the mistake. Tomas says: 'The icon matches the real one, so the app must be real.' What is better?
👍Allow every ask to see✨Pick the shinier one🙋Ask a grown-up to check the maker and the stars
10
Stretch. A game has an odd name and asks where you are, for no reason. What now?
🙋Stop and ask a grown-up👍Allow it, it is only two tells✨Pick the shinier icon
11
Write one question to ask a grown-up before getting a new app.
12
Draw the real app's straight brush and the copy's tilted brush.
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Answer key · Set A
Is this a real app?
1The tilted icon Two icons looked like twins, and Hana picked the tilted one. The straight one was the real app.
2No A brush paints. It does not need to hear you.
3An icon almost like the real one, A loud promise of free coins A twin icon and a loud promise are tells. Asking to save pictures fits a coloring app, and a plain name is not a tell.
4Yes A flashlight only needs to shine, so asking for contacts and a microphone is asking for too much.
51-C, 2-A, 3-B An app should ask only for what its job needs.
6A grown-up at home A grown-up decides what an app may use. An app only wants to use more.
72, 4, 3, 1 Hana stopped first. Then they checked the real app together before she pressed get.
8shine A flashlight only needs to shine, not to listen. Tomas's flashlight app asked for too much.
9Ask a grown-up to check the maker and the stars A copy wants to look real, and a shiny one can be a copy too. A grown-up can check the maker's name and the stars.
10Stop and ask a grown-up One tell alone does not prove a copy, but two or more mean stop and ask.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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